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Oct. 24, 1933. L. c. LEAVSTROM FIGURE TOY Filed April 16, 1931 2Sheets-Sheet 1 l @ma L. @Lear/5 ram Oct. 24, i933. Q LEAVSTROM 1,932,346

FIGURE TOY Filed April 16, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fighi/ @iM/@mw PatentedOct. 24, 1933 UNITED. Algqrafres- PAT-ENT for-*FICE lFIGrIIRE TOYLeonardC; Leavstrom, New Haven, Conn.

Application April. 16;. 1931,` :Serial No;V 530,665 Renewed-Marchz3.,11333' 5 ,.claims. .(pcl- 46a-'40) 'I-his invention relates toimprovements` in toys,

and has for its primary object to-provide'atoy:

which mayv be made' to` simulate certain movementszof a human being.

Another object of the invention is to providel ter, a novel mechanism ofsimple construction. by

meansof' which the necessary movementsofgan Y arm may be. obtainedinorder to produce` the result above described.

`from lthe otherngers toy provide a passage 6 through which the arrowA 7may pass when it is `projected"forwardly by the string 8 of the bowinthe manner hereinafter to be described. The left; arm 3 ofthe vfigureis, of course, rigid with the. body.

Thev right arm 9 is'madeA inn two sections, the

whichthe hand 12 is integrally formed. kThe upper` end vof" thej portionl10 of 4the right arm is turned' to extend substantially' at rightangles, as, indicated at 13, and passes through lthe opening 14' in theshoulder of the ligure. This angular ,extension 13 offA the upperarmgportion is pivotally secured' inthe shoulder opening 14" lby thevertical pivotpin 15V and it carries/upon TheV invention. will bev .bestunderstood from a.,

consideration of. the .followingdetaileddescription taken in`connectionwith .the accompanying drawings forming part. of thisspecification..

with` the. understanding, however,r ,that. .thein. ventionis not connedto any strict conformity` withthe showing'` of the, drawings but. maybechangedA or modiied-solong as such changes or modicationsy mark nomaterial departure from the salient features, of the invention asexpressed. v

.is indicated bythe numeral 18. This thumb is in the. appended claims.

Inthe drawings:- 4

Figure l, is a view in perspective ofthe. rtoy embodying the. presentinvention.

Figure. 2 is a vertical ,sectionalv View throughv the body portion ofthegure andthe. base showing the Varm. Voperating mechanism thereof.

Figure 3 is al View in horizontal section offthe,l

figure taken` on` the lined-3 of Figure, 2.

Figure 4. is` asectional view taken, on. the line 4 4 'of FigureZ.

v.its innerl end, the hook 16; thefree end of which is directed upwardlyas shown,

An` elbow' joint is formedv between the4 forelow end of the; ,upperl arminto which the lreduced. portion, ofthe forearm extends;

The hand 12 of the right arm is, as previouslyl stated', integral withthe forearm and] is of lupper arm 10 and the lower or forearm 11 withsolid construction except for thethumb, which l pivotally attached" to'the bodyv ofthe; hand, as,

Figure 5 vis adetailed horizontal section through the. centerportion ofthe' arrow holdinghand of the figureshowing the control means therefor.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taker;v on theel-ine 6 6 off'Figu-re 5;

Referring moref particularly to ythe*drawings, wherein likeV numerals ofreference indicate corally' bythe numeral. l, and: issshown 'standing,stantially horizontal plane. transversely inthe hand 12 houses aspring;20,

at ,19, and oscillates relative thereto in a sub- A chamber formed' seenthat the sprin=g-20y normally maintains 'the thumb tight against thebody ofthe hand'. :It

ywill alsobe seen that by oscillating the right* arm` 9 upon the pivot15 it will move insubstan- .cured to the thumb, as at 24. It' will-thusbe tiallyM the same plane as that in whichV the' aperj respondingpartsthroughout the.several-1Views,,r

theY figure. of the presentztoyis indicated geners upon a `base orplatformz2. .The body-of ithe.

figure in the present :case the left leg. Theleft. arm

3 of the figure is positioned inv-raised partlytex-.

tended position,: the` hand' Llbeing turned'. in-

wardly slightly and holding a bow'. i' ,;.which\..is`

is hollow and. also. one4 of: the legs,

,turev 6 through'the: left hand is; located.

Thus, with an arrow extended vthrough theyv .aperture 6 or between theforenger and second finger of; the left hand, with the string andfeatheredk end vof* the arrow inserted between theifhllmbl rof therighthand and the adjacent index ,nger thereof, `upon swinging the rightarm todraw thehandthereof. rearwardly the. arrow and string' willalsobedrawnback and thus. bendthe steel.

- bow to placeit under tension.y The abuttingsurures 5v and 6' toreceive the rear end of the arrow.A

.tical pivot pin 17 which passes through the hol- When the tension ofthe bent bow reaches the point where it will overcome the ability of thespring 20 to hold the arrow and string between the thumb and rst fingerof the right hand, then, of course, the arrow and string will bereleased and the arrow will be projected forwardly through the lefthand.

The actuation of the right arm of the gure is accomplished by means ofthe following mechanism. Within the hollow body ofthe figure there ispositioned a vertical shaft or rod 25 which passes downwardly throughthe left leg `and through the top of the box or platform 2. A bearingfor the rod, in the top of the box, is provided in the form of a disk 26whichis carried by the rod and which rotates in the aperture 27 in thebox top. Beneath the bearing disk 26 the rod is twisted to form a screw28, or'it may be joined to a screw of suitable size and pitch, asdesired. The lower end of the rod 'or' the screw portion 28 thereof isprovided with a reduced end or bearing pin 29 which extends into thebearing socket or step 30 in the bottom of the box. i

wall of the box, as at 3l, is a lever 32 which is provided with alongitudinal slot 33 through which the screw 28 passes. The other orfree end of the lever 32 projects through a suitable opening in the backof the box so that it may be conveniently grasped between the fingersand Avertically oscillated. Y

Atthe upper end of the rod 25 there is attached a right angularlyextending varm 34 which is pro- 35 vided with a longitudinally extendingslot 35,

through'which projects the 'free upwardly directed portion ofthe hook 16carried by the arm 9.

From the foregoing description it will be readily ,seen thatwith a screw28 of the proper twist 40- to imparta counter-clockwise rotation to the,A

shaft 25theright arm 9 will be oscillated and drawn backwardly soas toretract the bow string 8 and the arrow 'l'which is gripped by the righthand of the figure. As previously stated, when fthe tension of the bow 5becomes so great that the spring 20 can no longer.v hold the arrow and.

bow string in place, they willbe released and the arrow will beprojected forwardly through the left hand of the figure.

50 Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: l

1. A toy of the character described,comprising a simulation of 'a humanfigure, a bow .supported in upright position by one hand of the figure,ithe other hand of the figure being joined toa jointed arm, meansconnecting said jointed'arm withthe body of the figure whereby the armmay bemoved in a substantially horizontal plane, a shaft disposed.vvertically in the figure, means at o? :the lower end of the shaft'foreffecting oscillation thereof,.a loose'connection between the upadjacent finger toV extend parallelA therewith,Y aV

ys spring'disposed in said passage and having 011eA Oscillatably mountedat one end uponv one Ahaving the shoulder end thereof pivotally mounttysaid rigid arm and including a string, and 'an4 end secured therein ata point remote from the thumb and having its other end joined to saidthumb at a point adjacent the pivot therefor to normally retain the samefirmly against the said adjacent nger, and means forV supporting anelongated body between the thumb and the adjacent finger comprisingparallel recesses formed in the abutting faces of the thumb and finger.

3. A toy ofthe character described comprising a body simulating a humanfigure having a rigid forwardly Vvextended arm, an arm formed in twopivotally connected portions constituting upper and forearmportions,said upper arm portion having the shoulder end thereof pivotally mountedin the shoulder vportion of the body, said body having a chamber thereinadjacent the said shoulder portion into which the last named end of theupper arm extends, a bar secured in the pivoted shoulder end of saidforearm and having its other end turned upwardly in said chamber, ashaft disposed vertically for oscillation in the body, a longitudinallyslotted arrn secured at one end tothe upper end of said shaft and havingthe upturned end of said rst bar disposed in the slot thereof, a screwforming a longitudinal 19() continuation of vthe lower end of saidshaft, lever means engaging said screw and adapted to rotate the saine,a handformed at the free end of said -forearm portion, a bow carried bysaid rigid arm, and an arrow adapted to be releasably connected las,with the string of said bow to said hand, said slotted arm beingoscillated by said shaft in a horizontal plane to impart forward andrearward movement to said pivotally mounted arm.

4. A toy of the character described, comprising 1w.

ed in the shoulder portion of the body, an arm pivotally mounted at oneend in the upper part of the body to oscillate in a horizontal plane, asliding pivotal connection between said last arm andthe pivotallymounted end of said upper arm portion, means for oscillating said lastarm on its pivotal support, a'hand formed at the free end of saidforearm portion, a bow carried by said rigid arm and having a stringthereon, and

an arrow adapted to be releasably connected lwith I, the string of thebow to said hand, said last arm upon oscillation imparting movement tosaid pivotally mounted two portion arm.

5. A toy of the character described, comprising a body simulating ahuman ligure having a rigid forwardly extending arm, an arm formed intwo pivotally connected portions constitutingA upper and foreignportions, said upper portion having rthe shoulder end thereof pivotallymounted in arrow adapted to be releasably connected with the string ofsaid bow to said hand, saidlast arm when oscillated imparting movementto said piv otally mounted arm.

LEONARD C. LEAVSTROM.

